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DD drops plans to air live winter Olympics’ opening & closing

Even as India on Thursday protested host China’s efforts to politicize the winter Games, national broadcaster Doordarshan said it would not telecast live the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

“Consequent to the announcement by @meaindia, @ddsportschannel will not teleca...

Colors Tamil to premiere ‘Anbulla Ghilli’ this weekend

Grab a tub of popcorn and gear up for the first Indian film in which animals talk in real-time, as Colors Tamil, the youngest Tamil GEC, is all set to bring to you the much-anticipated ‘Anbulla Ghilli’ at 7 pm on Sunday, February 6, 2022.

Helmed by Srinath Ramalingam, the unique romantic film sees Ghill...

TRAI details fresh timelines for TV tariff implementation

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has pushed a bit further the implementation of the new tariff regime for TV channels, acceding to stakeholders’ requests for more time owing to the challenges thrown up by COVID-19 restrictions.

“Keeping in view the current pandemic si...

Telegram shares new updates for users

Popular messaging app Telegram has started rolling out a new update that brings easy-to-make video stickers, better reactions with compact animations and extra emoji, a button to review unseen reactions, improved navigation betw...

Alia Bhatt’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ launches its grand trailer

After keeping fans guessing since the film’s announcement, the makers of ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ have now raised the stakes by announcing that the Alia Bhatt starrer would have a major trailer unveiling on February 4.

Alia unveiled a new poster of the film with a magnum opus earlier in the day. In the new...

BARC Rating 4th Week: Sun TV maintains lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 4th Week (22nd January – 28th January 2022) has released its report. In India, Tamil GEC Sun TV was the most viewed channel in the third week of January, the channel garnered 2774.35 ...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!